Fans slam The Alters after discovering evidence of undisclosed gen AI in images, text, and translation

Fans slam The Alters after discovering evidence of undisclosed gen AI in images, text, and translation | Eurogamer.net

Players have hit out at The Alters developer 11 Bit Studios after AI prompts were discovered in both subtitles and flav…

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Fans of 11 Bit Studios’ new clone-survival game The Alters have spotted leftover AI prompts in on-screen flavor text and subtitles—including a Brazilian Portuguese line that literally says “The text translated to Brazilian Portuguese is…”—suggesting undisclosed use of large language models. Since January 2024, Valve’s Steam rules require devs to flag any AI-generated content, but The Alters’ store page makes no mention of it, sparking outraged Reddit and Steam threads.

Not everyone’s losing their cool—some argue it’s just tiny sci-fi set dressing—but localization pros aren’t so forgiving. Experts say the botched PT-BR and Korean translations show careless AI use without proper editing, which feels like a slap to an international audience. 11 Bit Studios hasn’t publicly responded yet, even as the backlash grows.